Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three
thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation read more
With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three
thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation
Hercules, and still there are some misfits who continue to insist
that there is no such thing as progress.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will read more
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Extremes meet and there is no better example than the haughtiness of humility.
Extremes meet and there is no better example than the haughtiness of humility.
All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.
All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.
My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and read more
My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and west,
And fend you with his wing.
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.
There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.
It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that
a man, having once shown himself read more
It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that
a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is
entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at
discretion.
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.
The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith
The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith
